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1 dead, 5 injured as taxi hits pedestrians in Tokyo

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/01/05/20201226-health-coronavirus-japan.jpg"/><figcaption>Passersby wearing protective face masks walk on the Shibuya crossing, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo, Dec. 26, 2020. <em>Kyodo/Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>TOKYO - A woman was killed and 5 other people were injured Monday when a taxi driven by a 73-year-old man hit a group of pedestrians on a crosswalk in Tokyo, police said.</p><p>The taxi hit the 6 people on a busy road in the capital&#x27;s Shibuya Ward at around 7 p.m. when the driver, Heiji Aizawa, failed to stop at a traffic light, the police said.</p><p>The taxi&#x27;s passenger told police Aizawa appeared to have suffered a health issue.</p><p>Yuko Sato, 49, died in the accident. Of the 5 people, a woman in her 40s and her 9-year-old son sustained serious injuries. Aizawa was also taken to hospital.</p><p>The taxi stopped some 100 meters away from the accident site after running into a road center divider, the police said, adding they will question the driver over the accident after he recovers.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vi96pO4JM5c?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>A woman was killed and 5 other people were injured Monday when a taxi driven by a 73-year-old man hit a group of pedestrians on a crosswalk in Tokyo, police said.</p><p> </p>

A woman was killed and 5 other people were injured Monday when a taxi driven by a 73-year-old man hit a group of pedestrians on a crosswalk in Tokyo, police said.